Auburn at Oxford

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Last year: Auburn, 41-7.

Series: Auburn leads, 33-8.

The seasons change, but the top-ranked Rockets have remained among the best in the state. Auburn is undefeated and has outscored teams by a staggering 344-55. The Rockets have four shutouts, and only St. Peter-Marian has scored more than once in a game on their dominating defense, led by Kyle Langer, Zach Clifford, Jimmy Grogan, Tim Bryan and Dom DiCarlo. Auburn has won the last 12 Thanksgiving games and will rely on that defense and an offense led by a college-sized line to make it 13. Aaron Dyke (6-3, 285), Steve Domenick (6-3, 280) , Matt Ramirez (5-10, 260), Jordan Giampa (6-2, 310) and Will Greelish (6-3, 330) have paved the way for Tyler Desjardins (120 carries, 1,560 yards, 21 TDs), while Mike Wright and Bobby Sivret have combined for another 1,000 yards. QB Drew Goodrich (769 passing yards) also has shown he can carry the load. Oxford has struggled to score, getting blanked three times and scoring more than once only twice. However, first-year coach Mike Adams has a solid core of young players surrounding senior running back Matt Faucher (seven TDs) and Tyler Barrie.